Little Women is eyeing some huge talent in its latest translation to the big screen.

The new adaption of the beloved American tale is courting Greta Gerwig as a potential director. Columbia Pictures are also in talks with Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Saoirse Ronan and Timothee Chalamet.

The American classic charts the life four sisters living with their mother in New England struggling to support themselves after the loss of the family fortune and has been a regular assigned reading book in literature classes on both sides of the Atlantic.

There are no deals on casting choices as yet but we know the project has in development for some time at Columbia Pictures.